Detroit native Danny Brown is finally making his way back to Scandinavia later this fall for a series of club shows. Ever since he was a kid he’s know he wanted to be a rapper and it has clearly been a good path paved out for him. Following his great success with albums such as The Hybrid and XXX Danny Brown recently released the first single “When It Rain” from his upcoming album Atrocity Exhibition (name inspired from the Joy Division track and J.G Ballard novel with the same name). His second single Pneumonia was just releaste in the past couple of days and it clearly shows that Danny Brown is still one of hip-hops most entertaining and thriving lyricist. Atrocity Exhibition is released on Sepmteber 30th and at the end of the year he’s coming back to Scandinavia for three club shows.

Chicago native and Free Nation group member Mick Jenkins is coming back to Scandinavia this fall to play a series of club shows. He’s known for mixtapes, such as Trees & Truths, and the critically acclaimed The Water[s] which in 2014 gave Jenkins national attention and made Timbaland publicly praise his musical talent and intricate lyrics. In 2015 he released the EP Wave[s] which with its theme of the value of truth and love not only left the fans ecstatic also left him with a strong profile in todays independent hiphop scene.

During 2014 Jenkins toured with Method Man, Redman, B-Real and Berner. In 2015 he headlined a alongside Pro Era member Kirk Knight, and sold out more than half of the shows as well as touring with Joey Bada$$ on his Phase 1 World Domination Tour.

Now Mick has shifted his focus to his debut album, THC (The Healing Component). “The healing component is love. Love heals all”. With that inspiring notion we can not wait for this highly anticipated debut album that will arrive later this year. In the meantime we get to see three amazing shows in Scandinavia, definitely a don’t miss this fall!

Tickets for this inaugural festival go on sale Friday, July 22 at 10:00 AM via AXS.com/ShrineLA

“We are always made to feel so welcome when we are in LA, super excited to come over and play for you and be part of Stockholm, CA. It’s the one and only show we are going to play in 2016! Vi ses snart!!! See you there!!” – Little Dragon on their involvement with STOCKHOLM, CA.

Swedish culture – Music, Art, Film, TV, Games and Design – has never been more prominent on the global market than it is today, a trend so strong it’s often being referred to as the Swedish Phenomena. Spotify, Minecraft, Swedish House Mafia, ABBA, the Skarsgård clan and Robyn are now household names. With more than 4.5 million people in America being Swedish descendants (of which 500,000 live in California) the Swedish and American cultures are now more interconnected than ever before. STOCKHOLM, CA is one of many cultural expressions spawned from this relationship.

In addition to music, STOCKHOLM, CA will feature a variety of activations and vegetarian food and beverage options. More information will be announced in the coming weeks.

The festival will give the audience an opportunity to experience internationally recognized artists at various levels, all hailing from the third-largest music exporter in the world. To make the line-up even more eclectic it will feature a few artists performing in their native language that in most cases have never performed outside of Scandinavia.

Bishop Nehru just released his new project Magic 19, an 11-track mixtape with no features and mostly produced by himself. In September he will be visiting the north with club shows in Oslo, Trondheim, Stockholm and Helsinki.

Markel Scott, more known as Bishop Nehru, is an American rapper and producer from Nanuet, New York. 2013 marked the start of his career as an hiphop artist, with the release of the impressive mixtape Nehruvia, which included collaborations with some of the greatest producers in the hiphop scene, like Madlib and DJ Premier.

Bishop, “The rap wunderkid”, continues to prove that despite his young years, (he’s only 19 years old), he is a voice to count on in the modern hiphop scene – having released the critically acclaimed mixtape NehruvianDoom with rap heavyweight MF DOOM (2014) and gone on tour with the likes of Wu-Tang Clan, Earl Sweatshirt and Nas. He has been called the crown prince of the New York hiphop scene and heralded as the next generation of pure hiphop-talent by Kendrick Lamar. Like that wasn’t enough, he has already collaborated with artists like Disclosure, Little Dragon and Flight Facilities. Later this year he will release his debut studio album on Mass Appeal Records, which is to be produced by the great Nas himself. We can’t wait for this!

In September Bishop Nehru will swing by the nordic countries for shows in Oslo, Trondheim, Stockholm and Helsinki. Tickets on sale now on www.badtasteevents.com!

We’re proud to let you know that Timbuktu was just announced as the host of the Polar Music Prize banquet honoring Max Martin and Cecilia Bartoli in Stockholm on June 16. Also the amazing band Damn! (often seen performing with Timbuktu) will be performing live together with a string of incredible artists. You can watch it live on TV4 at 8PM on June 16th. Be sure not to miss it!